Samosir Regency

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Samosir Regency is a regency in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia. Samosir Regency area consists of Samosir Island and west area of Toba Lake Caldera. Samosir Regency area was belong to Toba Samosir Regency which divided from North Tapanuli Regency. Most of Toba Highlands area was part of North Tapanuli Regency. Due to the developments and communities improvements reasons, North Tapanuli Regency divided to 4 regencies, they are North Tapanuli Regency as the origin regency, Toba Samosir Regency, Humbang Hasundutan Regency and Samosir Regency. Some opinion suggested that the regencies division represented the Batak sub-clan division, Silindung in North Tapanuli Regency, Humbang in Humbang Hasundutan Regency, Toba in Toba Samosir Regency and Samosir in Samosir Regency.

Administratively, Samosir Regency has nine sub-districts, six of them in Samosir Island and three sub-districts outside Samosir Island. The sub-districts in Samosir Island are Simanindo, Pangururan, Roggurnihuta, Palipi, Nainggolan and Onan Runggu. The three sub-districts outside Samosir Island, in west part of Toba Caldera are Sianjur Mula-mula, Harian and Sititio. Samosir in Figure book (Samosir Dalam Angka) which issued by Statistic Boards of Samosir Regency (BPS) in 2015 described that the total area of Samosir Regency is 1.444,25 square kilometers. The biggest sub-district area is Sub-district Harian which has 560,45 square kilometers area, and the smallest is Sub-district Sitiotio which has 50,76 square kilometers area.

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There are 134 villages in Samosir Regency. Samosir in Figure book summarized; Simanindo 21 villages, Pangururan 28 villages, Roggurnihuta 8 villages, Palipi 17 villages, Nainggolan  15 villages, Onan Runggu 12 villages, Sianjur Mula-mula 12 villages, Harian 13 villages and Siti-tio 8 villages. The villages are divided to sub-villages level. There are 380 sub-villages in Samosir Island. The number of sub-villages are in Simanindo 63 sub-villages, Pangururan 72 sub-villages, Roggurnihuta 24 sub-villages, Palipi 47 sub-villages, Nainggolan  45 sub-villages, Onan Runggu 35 sub-villages, Sianjur Mula-mula 36 sub-villages, Harian 24 sub-villages and Siti-tio 24 sub-villages.

Eight of nine sub-districts in Samosir Regency have borders with Toba Lake, only one sub district, Ronggurnihuta which has not border with Toba Lake. Ronggurnihuta is the only sub-district in Samosir Island central highland, surrounded by Simanindo, Pangururan and Palipi sub-districts. Ronggurnihuta has borders  in higher part area of those three sub-districts.

Source:
2015, Statistic Boards Of Samosir Regency. Samosir In Figure 2015.

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